Thanks Stan, now I'm wondering where I read 10 chapters.
If it's going to be 12 chapters, we're a long way from the end
, but it could also be that the split of chapter 8 into three parts was originally chapters 8, 9 and 10
.
One thing I can say is that in this thread,
Tess never mentioned the number 10 as a possible number of chapters, but numbers
11 and 12 were mentioned
here. And yes, Tess never wrote about any possible division or merger (i.e. so that, as you write, chapter 8 would absorb the content of chapters 8, 9, and 10)..So I don't know where you got that information from either. Speaking of which, Tess wrote in this thread (if my memory serves me correctly) at least a year and a half ago that chapter 8 was going to be very big. I.e. it was a pre-planned giant chapter, not something out of the ordinary.
She wrote the entire plot of the KG a long time ago, which, btw, is only about 10% of the entire written plot of the global story of this game universe... So Tess still has a lot more to tell us, hehe.
So in that sense, I think it's much easier for her to gauge the narrative progress % of her own game, having a fully written plot in hand and having an idea of what and in which chapter she's going to realize. Anyway, if we take the average game readiness = 60% (more than 50% but less than 70%), I'm leaning towards the scenario
Maviarab wrote about, because it makes sense and fits well with the events that are happening.
It also seems to me, to be about right, 12 chapters and we have started 8. Far we know, the game show is taking up all of 8....9 will be the aftermath/faction stuff in full...that leaves 2 more for story/plot development and one (12) for the aftermath to be seen leading to our endings etc.